Genesis
Kalahari Resources is founded by a group of South African black women entrepreneurs in 2001 to pursue investments in the mining sector.
Initially known as Kalahari Resources (Pty) Ltd, Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Ltd was established in 2001 by several black South African women entrepreneurs, with Mrs Daphne Mashile-Nkosi at the lead. The women have since built a successful company and continue to pursue investments in the mining and other sectors of the economy.
In 2005, Kalahari Resources applied and was granted a new order mining right to prospect for manganese in the Kalahari Basin, Northern Cape. The right covers three farms spanning a total of 6300 hectares located eight kilometres South West of Hotazel, a town in the Northern Cape’s John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality.
In January 2007, Kalahari Resources sold a 20% stake to the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) and this resulted in the establishment of Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Limited. The following year, ArcelorMittal purchased a 50% interest in the company but has since sold its stake.
Kalagadi Manganese has successfully established and operates a mine which boasts the largest sinter plant in the world. The company plans to construct a smelter operation at the Coega Industrial Development Zone in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape.
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